Pardon Power

Famous quotes containing the words pardon and/or power:

“Your letter of excuses has arrived. I receive the letter but do not admit the excuses except in courtesy, as when a man treads on your toes and begs your pardon—the pardon is granted, but the joint aches, especially if there is a corn upon it.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)

“The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.”
—Benjamin Spock (20th century)